The cell biology of lignification in higher plants

J Barros, H Serk, I Granlund, E Pesquet - Annals of botany, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Lignin is a polyphenolic polymer that strengthens and waterproofs the cell wall
of specialized plant cell types. Lignification is part of the normal differentiation programme …

Modeling lignin biosynthesis: a pathway to renewable chemicals

X Rao, J Barros - Trends in Plant Science, 2024 - cell.com
Plant biomass contains lignin that can be converted into high-value-added chemicals, fuels,
and materials. The precise genetic manipulation of lignin content and composition in plant …

Improving wood properties for wood utilization through multi-omics integration in lignin biosynthesis

JP Wang, ML Matthews, CM Williams, R Shi… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
A multi-omics quantitative integrative analysis of lignin biosynthesis can advance the
strategic engineering of wood for timber, pulp, and biofuels. Lignin is polymerized from three …

Hierarchical Transcription Factor and Chromatin Binding Network for Wood Formation in Populus trichocarpa

H Chen, JP Wang, H Liu, H Li, YCJ Lin, R Shi… - The Plant …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Wood remains the world's most abundant and renewable resource for timber and pulp and
is an alternative to fossil fuels. Understanding the molecular regulation of wood formation …

Complete proteomic-based enzyme reaction and inhibition kinetics reveal how monolignol biosynthetic enzyme families affect metabolic flux and lignin in Populus …

JP Wang, PP Naik, HC Chen, R Shi, CY Lin, J Liu… - The Plant …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We established a predictive kinetic metabolic-flux model for the 21 enzymes and 24
metabolites of the monolignol biosynthetic pathway using Populus trichocarpa secondary …

Regulation of CONIFERALDEHYDE 5-HYDROXYLASE expression to modulate cell wall lignin structure in rice

Y Takeda, T Koshiba, Y Tobimatsu, S Suzuki… - Planta, 2017 - Springer
Main conclusion Regulation of a gene encoding coniferaldehyde 5-hydroxylase leads to
substantial alterations in lignin structure in rice cell walls, identifying a promising genetic …

Phosphorylation is an on/off switch for 5-hydroxyconiferaldehyde O-methyltransferase activity in poplar monolignol biosynthesis

JP Wang, L Chuang, PL Loziuk… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Although phosphorylation has long been known to be an important regulatory modification
of proteins, no unequivocal evidence has been presented to show functional control by …

Regulation of phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) gene family in wood forming tissue of Populus trichocarpa

R Shi, CM Shuford, JP Wang, YH Sun, Z Yang… - Planta, 2013 - Springer
Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) catalyzes the initial step of phenylpropanoid
biosynthesis in plants. Five PAL genes (PtrPAL1 to 5) have been identified in Populus …

BEL1-like Homeodomain Protein BLH6a Is a Negative Regulator of CAld5H2 in Sinapyl Alcohol Monolignol Biosynthesis in Poplar

Q Wang, X Dai, H Pang, Y Cheng, X Huang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Lignin is one of the major components of xylem cell walls in tree stems. The lignin in the
wood of most flowering plants (dicotyledonous angiosperms) is typically polymerized from …

Monolignol Pathway 4-Coumaric Acid:Coenzyme A Ligases in Populus. trichocarpa: Novel Specificity, Metabolic Regulation, and Simulation of Coenzyme A Ligation …

HC Chen, J Song, CM Williams, CM Shuford… - Plant …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Coumaric acid: coenzyme A ligase (4CL) is involved in monolignol biosynthesis for
lignification in plant cell walls. It ligates coenzyme A (CoA) with hydroxycinnamic acids, such …